On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 13:52:00 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Have I missed something again? > > Is there really no option or flag or feature or something to set in > /etc/make.conf so that emerge will remove the /usr/portage/distfiles/* that > were downloaded for the installation? > > In my situation I don't see why I would ever re-install something already > installed. > > I can see the advantage for developers installing the same packages several > times. > I can also see the potential interest for someone being on a slow line with > mucho harddisk. > > > But for many ordinary users (like myself) it just doesn't make sense to > save the distfile once installed just in case I might once want to > re-install it. (It will anyway be outdated by then.) > > I'd like to set some flag or somesuch so that emerge does this cleanup > after itself and from what I read in the forums and on this mailing list, I > believe it's a quite common feeling. > > > > So my questions are: What FM did I miss? How is this done? Can it be done? > >
Please see the archives. This discussion has consumed ample bandwidth. There is no standard way to keep distfiles clean, but there are several procedures (scripts) for doing this. It all boils down to this: 1) If you have plenty of disk space or a very slow internet connection, just ignore the size of/usr/portage/distfiles and /var/tmp/portage. 2) If, like me, you are on high speed internet and don't want the exra space, you can blow away (when emerge is not running of course) the files in these two directories. Anything that is needed again will be downloaded when and if it is needed. Most of the packages will never be needed again, but some of them are updated via patch, so they must be downloaded again if not present. YMMV. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
